The 738th Radar Squadron is an inactive

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

unit. It was last assigned to the

30th Air Division The 30th Air Division (30th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, assigned to Tenth Air Force, being stationed at Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa. It was inactivated on ...

Aerospace Defense Command Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for continental air defense. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was established in 1946, briefly inac ...

, stationed at

Olathe Air Force Station Olathe Air Force Station is a former United States Air Force radar station that was located in Gardner, Kansas. It was located next to Naval Air Station Olathe, now the grounds of New Century AirCenter. History In 1950 the United States Air For ...

, Kansas. It was deactivated on 8 September 1968. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration was co-located inside the Boundary of the 738th. The FAA maintained and operated the search radar system (AN/FPS-27) to control air traffic for western Missouri, and eastern Kansas. The 738th maintained two AN/FPS-6 radar systems. Lineage * Activated as 738th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron on 1 February 1953 : Redesignated as 738th Radar Squadron (SAGE), 1 January 1962 : Inactivated on 8 September 1988 Assignments *

33d Air Division The 33rd Air Division (33d AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command, assigned to First Air Force, being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station, Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 ...

, 1 February 1953 *

20th Air Division The 20th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida where it was inactivated on 1 March 1983. During most of the division's history it ...

, 1 March 1956 *

Kansas City Air Defense Sector The Kansas City Air Defense Sector (KCADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri. It was inacti ...

, 1 January 1960 *

Sioux City Air Defense Sector The Sioux City Air Defense Sector (SCADS) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command 29th Air Division, being stationed at Sioux City Air Force Station, Iowa. History SCADS was es ...

, 1 July 1961 *

, 1 April 1966 – 8 September 1988 Stations *

Olathe AFS Olathe Air Force Station is a former United States Air Force radar station that was located in Gardner, Kansas. It was located next to Naval Air Station Olathe, now the grounds of New Century AirCenter. History In 1950 the United States Air For ...

, Kansas, 1 February 1953 – 8 September 1988

References

* Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946-1980, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado (1980) * Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.

External links

{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command units